So you'll never guess where I am headed. . .
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It is certainly smaller than my usual ship.

 

According to Wikipedia:

 

USS Germantown

Displacement: 11,496 tons (light)

16,396 tons (full)

Length: 610 ft (190 m)

Beam: 84 ft (26 m)

Draft: 21 ft (6.4 m)

Propulsion: 4 Colt Industries, 16-cylinder diesel engines, 2 shafts, 33,000 shp (25 MW)

Speed: 20+ knots (37+ km/h)

 

Boats & landing

craft carried: 5 LCACs

Troops: Marine detachment: 402 + 102 surge

Complement: 22 officers, 391 enlisted

 

Armament:

2 × 25 mm Mk 38 cannons

2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS mounts

2 × Rolling Airframe Missile

6 × .50 caliber M2HB machine guns

Maj Todd O. USMC, Retired
Grandson of LTC John O'Brien
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